Place a buy or sell order against your RobinHood account

Place a buy or sell order against your RobinHood account

Usage

place_order(
  RH,
  symbol,
  type,
  time_in_force,
  trigger,
  price = NA,
  stop_price = NA,
  quantity,
  side
)

Arguments

RH

object of class RobinHood

symbol

(string) Ticket symbol you are attempting to buy or sell

type

(string) "market" or "limit"

time_in_force

(string) Good For Day ("gfd"), Good Till Canceled ("gtc"), Immediate or Cancel ("ioc"), or Opening ("opg")

trigger

(string) "immediate" or "stop"

price

(number) the price you are willing to sell or buy at (max 2 decimals) (Note: P * Q > 0.01)

stop_price

(number) if trigger = stop, enter stop price, otherwise leave blank

quantity

(int) number of shares you wish to transact (> 0) (Note: P * Q > 0.01)

side

(string) "buy" or "sell"

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# ***************** ATTENTION *****************
#   - Price cannot extend beyond 2 decimals
#   - Price * Quantity > $0.01
#   - Stop triggers requires stop_price > 0
# ***************** ATTENTION *****************

# Login in to your RobinHood account
RH <- RobinHood("username", "password")

# Place an order, should generate an email confirmation
place_order(RH = RH,
            symbol = "GE",          # Ticker symbol you want to trade
            type = "market",        # Type of market order (market, limit)
            time_in_force = "gfd",  # Time period the order is good for (gfd: good for day)
            trigger = "immediate",  # Trigger or delay order
            price = 8.96,           # The highest price you are willing to pay
            quantity = 1,           # Number of shares you want
            side = "buy")           # buy or sell

# Stop loss example
place_order(RH,
            symbol="ABC",
            type = 'market',
            trigger = 'stop',
            stop_price = 100,
            time_in_force = "gtc",  # Good till close
            quantity = 10,
            side = 'sell')
}